Means for recording an address



Dec. 30, 1924.

1,521,417 w. c. BAIN ET AL MEANS FOR RECORDING AN ADDRESS Filed Nov. 11, 1922 INVENTOR.

Patented Dec. 30, 1924.

WILSON BAIN'ANDFRANK I. PITMAN, 0F WICHIT A FALLSfTEXAS;

MEANS FOR REGORDING AN- ADDRESS.=-

Application filed November 11, 1922. Serial Ito. 600,304. 1

To all whom it may comm:

Be it known. that we, WILSON C. Barn and FRANK P. PITM'AN, citizens of the UnitedStates,"residing 'at Wichita Falls, in thecounty of Wichita and State of Texas, have invented .certain new and usefullmprovements in Means forRecording .an Address, .of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a means for re-. cordlng the fac -simlles of addresses and 1s designed primarily forjuse for recording the address given mailan'd express matter,

thoughit is to be understood that themeans used for recording of addresses can be, employed for any pur ose wherein it is found applicable, and the'invention has for its objectto provide in a manner'as' hereinafter set forth, means for recordingfac-similes of addresses given to mailand express matter, whereby the recording will be a permanent fac-simile of the address laced on the envelope carrying the maile' matter or of the I address placed onthe shipping label or tag applied to the expressed or shipped matter, under such conditions the sender or shipper will have an exact record of the manner in which the addressee was addressed and can readily refer to the record and correct any mistake if one has been found in the address and which will facilitate the clearing up of complaints with respect to incorrect mailing, and furthermore by the employment of the recording means, it will have a tendency to cause the shipping and billing clerk, as well as the addressors to be more careful in applying the address.

A means for recording fac-similes of addresses, in accordance with this invention, as applied to mail matter, consists in providing a foldable sheet of paper formed of a manifold section and a record section separated by a line of perforations, whereby the record section can be quickly severed from the manifold section, then folding the record section against the transferring surface of the manifold section, then inserting the folded sheet into the envelope to be addressed or positioning the folded sheet be tween the closure flap and back of the envelope, then applying the address to the front of the envelope whereby a permanent fac-simile of the address will be made on that face of the record section which oposes the transferring surface of the maniold section, then removing the folded sheet and severing the record section from the manifold section, and then securing the record section to the carbon, copy of the letter IIIGlQSGCl in the envelope, or filing away the -record section inany suitable manner for reference] By the employment of the foregoing, the fac-simile of the address on the envelope will be made, sothat on referring to the record section, at any timeyone can readily ascertain just what pointthe letter was ad dressed to and. ifincorrect,.,the mistake can be quickly rectified. If complaint was madev that the letter was never, received reference to the record section will show what addresswas given to. the letter and from suchpoint the letter can be readily traced by. communication with the postal, authorities. I I

When employed in connection with shipped or expressed-matter. the foldable sheet is positioned in such relation with respect to the shipping label or tag, so that when the address is applied to the label or tag a fac-simile of the address will he made on the record section, the latter is then severed from the manifold section and filed away in any suitable manner for convenient reference, and if the parcel does not reach he proper destination or complaint is made. one can readily ascertain if the address was correct-or not.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View with the foldable sheet formed of a record and a manifold section extended,

Figure 2 is a perspective view illustrating the positioning of the folded. sheet formed of the record and manifold sections with respect to an envelope for the purpose of receiving a fac-simile of the address to be applied to the front of. the envelope,

Figure 3 is a perspective view with the folded shet extended showing a fac-simile of the address which has been applied to the envelope. the fac-simile of the address being on the record section.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 4 indicates generally the foldable sheet which is formed of a record section 5, and a manifold section 6. The sections 5 and 6, are separated by a row of perforations 7, disposed transversely of the sheet 4.

8-denotes the body of an envelope and-;

, the rear flap thereof.

The fac-similefofthe' address of the envelope as 'made on the record section 5, is indicated at 10. 1

Preferably in carrying out the invention, the foldable sheet 4, is interposed between ,the'closiire flap 9, and the body 8," of'the envelope, and with the section 5 opposing the transferring surface of the manifold' section 6. The envelope with the foldable sheet connected thereto, in a manner as shown in Figure 2, is then inserted in a typewriter and theaddress applied to the front of theenvelope and owing" to the arrangement of the manifold section 6, when the address is applied to the front of the envelope, a fac-simile of the address as indicated at 10, will appear on the inner face of the record section 5, of sheet 4. After the facsimile of the address has been made on the record section 5, the latter is severedfrom the manifold section 6, and secured -'to the carbon copy of the letter carried'by the envelope or filed away in any suitable-manner for convenient reference.

The foldable sheet when employed in connection with a shipping'label or tag' is positioned atthe'rear thereof, so that when the label or tag is supplied with the address,

a fac-simile thereof will appear on the'inner face' of the record sheet.

From the fbregolng description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

erence, thereto, one can readily ascertain whether the mailed, shipped or ex ressed,

matter was correctly or otherwise ad res'sed.

What we claim is A device for-use 'in connectionwith the recording of fac -similes of addresses on envelopes, consisting of a two-foldrectangular sheet offiexible material adapted to be positioned. between theflap' and back of an envelope and having its folds providing an outer record section and an inner manifold section arranged in opposed relation, lsaid sheet {further provided throughout at its bend to form' the folds with a transverse row 1 of perforations forminga line of separation between the sections and furtherv providing for thesevering of the recording section from" the manifoldsection,jsaid manifold secti'on having its, transferring surface on that face thereof opposing the inner face I of said record section to. provide fora record on the nner'facepf the record section when the maniroldse'ctlonis depressed whenplacing an address on the front of an envelope.

'Intestimony whereof,fwe affix Iour signatnres hereto.

WILSONiC. BA-IN; [FRANK P; PITMAN. 

